8 years ago
Out with the old, in with the new. The 2017 version of Sculpture Tour Salina will be unveiled in a couple of weeks. The 22 sculptures that have been in Downtown Salina for the past year are coming down to make way for  a group of 22 new sculptures. All of the new sculptures will be unveiled ...

8 years ago
Kansas State University will celebrate the inauguration of Richard B. Myers as its 14th president this week. Back in November the Kansas Board of Regents chose Myers, who at the time was the school's interim president, as the next president. Myers served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005. As ...

8 years ago
A woman shot to death in Kansas City, Kansas, has been identified as the sister of a girl who was kidnapped 17 years ago while playing outside, driven to Missouri and killed. The Kansas City Star reports that police said Thursday that 34-year-old Casey Eaton was the person shot to death late Wednesday night. Her body ...

8 years ago
The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is beginning a training program aimed at high school graduates who want to start on the path to seminary without leaving the city. The Wichita Eagle reports that the St. Joseph House of Formation is a two-year program for seminarians who will live on the campus of St. Joseph Parish and ...

8 years ago
Kansas City, Kansas, police and federal marshals are asking for the public's help in finding a man accused of killing the sister of a girl whose kidnapping 17 years earlier sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri. Prosecutors in Kansas' Wyandotte County have charged Emenencio Lansdown with second-degree murder and criminal possession ...

8 years ago
Advocates are buzzing again about extending Kansas' health coverage for the poor because of a Topeka hospital's potential demise. Yet they could struggle for the last few votes from reluctant Republican legislators to overcome an expected veto by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. Supporters of expanding Medicaid under former President Barack Obama's signature federal health care law must ...

8 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo celebrated Earth Day on Saturday by throwing a party.  A "Party for the Planet". The zoo hosted the event to celebrate, to have fun, and most importantly to teach how to make difference on our Earth.  "Party for the Planet" included fun environmental activities, educational presentations, and keeper encounters throughout the day. To ...

8 years ago
The spirit of Earth Day, and the spirit of community, was alive and well in Salina on Saturday. About 150 volunteers came out on a chilly, damp, morning to help with the Salina Spring Spruce Up. Several agencies work together for the Spring Spruce Up. The goal is simple. To recruit volunteers who spread out in the ...

8 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is preparing to recognize its graduation class. According to the school, the Class of 2017 will graduate on Saturday, May 6th. The day will begin with a Baccalaureate Service at 11 a.m. at University United Methodist Church. The Commencement Ceremony will be at 3 p.m. in Mabee Arena, in the Student Activities Center, ...

8 years ago
Citing "courage of my convictions" and a willingness to take on "difficult and unpopular tasks", former Salina Mayor and current city commissioner Jon Blanchard announced late Friday afternoon that he will run for another term on the commission. Blanchard read a prepared statement to a media gathering at the Salina City / County Building. "Over the past ...

8 years ago
Kansas gained 4,600 private sector jobs last month, and its unemployment rate dropped to the lowest it's been since November 2000. A preliminary report released Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor says the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.8 percent in March from 4 percent in February. The state gained 3,600 nonfarm jobs over the ...